What was it about? Did you admit you were wrong or adamantly insist on your point? How did your interlocutor react? How would you like someone to react if you concede errors?

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Yes.

    I used to be very anti-gay because I was raised religious. One day, someone explained to me that gay people feel exactly the same feelings as straight people, it’s just they’re directed differently. Somehow, that made it all click and it just made sense.

    I’m glad that age has given me the comfort to tell people when I just don’t know, and therefore, don’t have an opinion on some things.

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      11 hours ago

      I’m glad that age has given me the comfort to tell people when I just don’t know, and therefore, don’t have an opinion on some things.

      Yeah it certainly seems to me that as people get older they tend to have fewer shits to give in general. What’s funny about it, is that while that sounds like a bad thing, it’s often a pretty good thing. It means people are more confident, confident enough to show humility, and to say what they actually think.

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      19 hours ago

      That’s very interesting, thanks for sharing. If you don’t mind me asking, was there an argument you had with this person or was it rather an explain situation? Did you know each other well?